Chef Dewell has been working with Wood Stone since 2000. She has worked as an off-site chef; cooking for trade shows, restaurant trainings and Wood Stone test kitchen visits. Further, her many years of experience teaching culinary students in the Seattle culinary programs; for public cooking schools; and for private clients in their homes, has given her a deep understanding of the needs of Wood Stone’s residential clients. 

Chef Laura Dewell’s first restaurant, Pirosmani, brought her critical acclaim (“The heart of any restaurant is its kitchen and the soul of this domain is chef (and owner) Laura Dewell” –Seattle Post-Intelligencer) and a national reputation (“Rising Star, best New Restaurant 1992” –Bon Appetit Magazine cover story; “Pirosmani may well be, Seattle’s most original restaurant”-San Francisco Chronicle).  Today Chef Dewell is focusing on Wood Stone's residential program and is a Food Consultant in the Seattle area. 

Laura has a degree in Psychology from the University of Oregon and a culinary degree from The California Culinary Academy, in San Francisco.  She has lived and learned in the Soviet Union and traveled throughout much of Western Europe and West Africa.